Sticks
and Stones is also life-size with a computer/video monitor head
under which a surveillance camera a transmits the image of the viewer to the
screen/face. This closed circuit transformation from assemblage sculpture
to self-portrait of the viewer confronts the viewer with the issue of bigotry,
recognizing one’s own face on the screen, one must also acknowledge
awareness of common epithets slung at homosexuals, emblazoned on the chest
of the figure, underscoring the mean-spirited intolerance that words can invoke.
